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Knitting Friday
A pretty lame post today since my photographer is working and even if he weren't, my photo entry is pretty lame this week. It's just the finished picture of the shawl I posted last week. So, I'll just say a few knitting-like things and let you get on with your work.
First, my finished shawl was a bitch to knit but oh, so lovely when on the shoulders. I'm happy to say that one skein of Knit Picks lace (431 yards) makes a lovely rectangular shawl, knitted on the diagonal, with a crocheted ruffled border and a small ball of yarn leftover. This one is a winner.
Second, I was in Michael's last Saturday buying the equipment to make flowered flip-flops to hide my ugly toe nail and the clerk said to me: I really like your vest. Well, I was wearing a ruffled triangle lace shawl crocheted in thin cotton thread - not at all a vest. But I was wearing it with the ruffled edge folded over as a collar and lapel and tied in the front.
That got me thinking: What if I were to take the rectangular lace shawl I'm making (in cotton thread) and end it before shawl length? Then, I could ruffle the four sides and sew the narrow sides for sleeves and wear it as a shrug. Interesting idea and I only have one project I want to finish before I tackle it. Which brings me to my third item:
I have almost five skeins of Luxor cotton left (you remember the blue, very small looking, cardi I posted about 2 weeks ago?) and it's really not enough for a US 6 needle knitted summer top which was my original plan. So, what to do? After all, this yarn has absolutely no elasticity.
I'm making it into another cardi (not that I need one) on US 10, in the open lace of the shawl pictured last week but this time every row is knit, and knitted from the bottom up. I'm finishing up one skein and I have about 6" done so I should have enough yarn. I'll post a picture.
Lesson learned from this project (and other cotton projects): Don't buy cotton unless you really, really love the color. And, don't buy cheap cotton. It's never a bargain.
I'll leave you with a pattern:
http://www.universalyarn.com/pattern.php?pattern=409
This is a crocheted shawl and I'm seeing it in a thin yarn with a large hook.
Be sure to take a look at the other free patterns at Universal Yarns, they seem good.
Happy knitting.
A pretty lame post today since my photographer is working and even if he weren't, my photo entry is pretty lame this week. It's just the finished picture of the shawl I posted last week. So, I'll just say a few knitting-like things and let you get on with your work.
First, my finished shawl was a bitch to knit but oh, so lovely when on the shoulders. I'm happy to say that one skein of Knit Picks lace (431 yards) makes a lovely rectangular shawl, knitted on the diagonal, with a crocheted ruffled border and a small ball of yarn leftover. This one is a winner.
Second, I was in Michael's last Saturday buying the equipment to make flowered flip-flops to hide my ugly toe nail and the clerk said to me: I really like your vest. Well, I was wearing a ruffled triangle lace shawl crocheted in thin cotton thread - not at all a vest. But I was wearing it with the ruffled edge folded over as a collar and lapel and tied in the front.
That got me thinking: What if I were to take the rectangular lace shawl I'm making (in cotton thread) and end it before shawl length? Then, I could ruffle the four sides and sew the narrow sides for sleeves and wear it as a shrug. Interesting idea and I only have one project I want to finish before I tackle it. Which brings me to my third item:
I have almost five skeins of Luxor cotton left (you remember the blue, very small looking, cardi I posted about 2 weeks ago?) and it's really not enough for a US 6 needle knitted summer top which was my original plan. So, what to do? After all, this yarn has absolutely no elasticity.
I'm making it into another cardi (not that I need one) on US 10, in the open lace of the shawl pictured last week but this time every row is knit, and knitted from the bottom up. I'm finishing up one skein and I have about 6" done so I should have enough yarn. I'll post a picture.
Lesson learned from this project (and other cotton projects): Don't buy cotton unless you really, really love the color. And, don't buy cheap cotton. It's never a bargain.
I'll leave you with a pattern:
http://www.universalyarn.com/pattern.php?pattern=409
This is a crocheted shawl and I'm seeing it in a thin yarn with a large hook.
Be sure to take a look at the other free patterns at Universal Yarns, they seem good.
Happy knitting.
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